happy birthday, Denali!

Grandma and Grandpa Workman, and uncle Tagg came into town to help celebrate Denali's 3rd birthday. Denali, once again, wanted to be dressed up as a princess for her birthday. She picked out a puffy white dress early on her birthday morning. Grandma painted her nails and mommy curled her hair. Denali helped grandma and mommy, making her a birthday cake. Of course, she enjoyed making it, but she enjoyed tasting everything even more. It's a special cake recipe that grandma Mary used to use for her children... thanks for sharing! As a special touch, mommy put a pink princess tiara along with her "3" candle. She could not wait to wear her princess tiara!
She received her red kitchen for her birthday, which she has been working so hard to earn lately. She had been earning and collecting her "good girl points", knowing that she is earning her red kitchen as a final reward.
Grandpa and uncle Tagg helped daddy to put together the red kitchen. She loves the kitchen, and she loves making "soup" for dinner every night. She also received the cutest "Dora" night time story book pillow that we read together every night, and she cuddles it to sleep.
What a great time we had, seeing our parents and Uncle Tagg. Grand daughters LOVED having visitors. We will cherish these photos and our memories for a long long time.

Happy Halloween!!

What a fun day it was! Girls dressed up early morning, and Denali was ready to be the "snow white" princess all day long. Her nails were painted, and her hair was curly. Emily was all decked out with a home made cheerleading pom-poms and a headband. We took the girls out trick or treating around our neighborhood, and met some really nice neighbors. This year, I AGAIN, attempted to make the "dinner in a pumpkin" that Ryan ate during his childhood. I thought that I got the right recipe and made it, but it didn't turn out as what he had pictured, but being a good husband that he is, he complimented me on it, and he and the girls enjoyed it anyways. DOES anyone have a good "dinner in a pumpkin" chili-like, soup-like, recipe that you can share?

By the end of the night, Denali was sad to end her day as "princess". She cried when she had to take the costume off. We ended up getting her in her regular pj's but we assured her that she could be princess again next year. We also let her sleep with her costumes laying, NEXT to her until she fell asleep. Needless to say, she really loved being a princess. Emily seemed like she enjoyed the curly pom-poms too.





All cheered out....